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It was an exciting finish. Congrats to Carruthers and Courtney - National Champs. Very interesting to listen to the chemistry of the curlers. I think Morris and Shuster have similar chattiness - mind on sleeve - but in this sport it is important. Homan was quite assertive but it isn't easy to disagree when time is of the essence. Two skips versus Skip and Second makes for very different banter.

Jo Jo Courtney stands up to her boss Rachel Homan, makes a great touch chip-out with her final stone and claims the national Mixed doubles title.

Impressed with how well Reid & Jo worked together.

Especially impressed by how Jo was able to hang with her much more experienced and nuanced skip Rachel.

When I made my predictions earlier in the week I felt Joanne was the only female curler who could stand up to Rachel. I knew Jones can no longer stand up to Homan - but I didn't expect Courtney to actually win the thing!

quote:Originally posted by nelski It was an exciting finish. Congrats to Carruthers and Courtney - National Champs. Very interesting to listen to the chemistry of the curlers. I think Morris and Shuster have similar chattiness - mind on sleeve - but in this sport it is important. Homan was quite assertive but it isn't easy to disagree when time is of the essence. Two skips versus Skip and Second makes for very different banter.

The advantage Jo had was that she did not have to put up with constant nonsensical blabber from her mixed doubles partner. Rachel would call for John to sweep and he wouldn't. She'd call him off and he'd keep sweeping. She'd say line was perfect, he'd sweep like hell, then say he didn't know what the line was. He'd throw heavy then blame it in the fact he'd thrown his straight rock, to which Rachel said "Well...." ( you could hear the "duh" in her voice). Don't know how she can stand it.

I finally had to turn the sound off, but it looked like a exciting finish. Congrats
Reid and Jo.

quote:Originally posted by HerCurl The advantage Jo had was that she did not have to put up with constant nonsensical blabber from her mixed doubles partner. Rachel would call for John to sweep and he wouldn't. She'd call him off and he'd keep sweeping. She'd say line was perfect, he'd sweep like hell, then say he didn't know what the line was. He'd throw heavy then blame it in the fact he'd thrown his straight rock, to which Rachel said "Well...." ( you could hear the "duh" in her voice). Don't know how she can stand it. I finally had to turn the sound off, but it looked like a exciting finish. Congrats
Reid and Jo.

not to mention "that was my straight rock" - I agree.
edit: haha, you did mention it. I give Homan mega points for endurance on that.

So, there is another factor that came out of these #MixedDoubles National Championships. Colin Hodgson tweeted: 8 W's in a row gives @chelscarey and I our @CurlingCanada Olympic Trials spot
- So I wonder if all of the final 12 get OlyTrials spots from this event. That is a good consolation prize for those who did not win. Wonder if there was any cash prize. I wonder if the winners get CurlingCanada funding as national champion athletes. I would think so.

The advantage Jo had was that she did not have to put up with constant nonsensical blabber from her mixed doubles partner. Rachel would call for John to sweep and he wouldn't. She'd call him off and he'd keep sweeping. She'd say line was perfect, he'd sweep like hell, then say he didn't know what the line was. He'd throw heavy then blame it in the fact he'd thrown his straight rock, to which Rachel said "Well...." ( you could hear the "duh" in her voice). Don't know how she can stand it.

I finally had to turn the sound off, but it looked like a exciting finish. Congrats
Reid and Jo.

I too had to turn the sound off. That man prattles on and on and he did seem to ignore Rachaels direction relative to line and sweeping. Amazed they did as well as they did. Congrats again to Jo and Reid. They worked well together.

quote:Originally posted by nelski So, there is another factor that came out of these #MixedDoubles National Championships. Colin Hodgson tweeted: 8 W's in a row gives @chelscarey and I our @CurlingCanada Olympic Trials spot
- So I wonder if all of the final 12 get OlyTrials spots from this event. That is a good consolation prize for those who did not win. Wonder if there was any cash prize. I wonder if the winners get CurlingCanada funding as national champion athletes. I would think so.

3 spots into the mixed double trials from the 2017 nationals. 11 more spots of the 18 still to be determined. 1 more spot from an event in early September and then best 10 teams not already in yet from the CMDR LIST

From the tweet I see from Reid Carruthers an hour ago... I'm thinking they're going, actually. (I don't know any other way to take "Mixed DBLS worlds here we come".)

yeah, i saw that. good that they are.

im fairly certain jeff had a hand in it. i read on article on curling canada's website. jeff had mentioned that tsn was broadcasting this year and that he didnt want the story to be that the winners werent there and "why are these guys here".

he may have actually asked for a committment from everyone entered to go to worlds., maybe learning from last year. at the same time im not sure it'd bothered him if TSN wasnt broadcasting the event. and homand and morris sounded pretty non commital

im fairly certain jeff had a hand in it. i read on article on curling canada's website. jeff had mentioned that tsn was broadcasting this year and that he didnt want the story to be that the winners werent there and "why are these guys here".

he may have actually asked for a committment from everyone entered to go to worlds., maybe learning from last year. at the same time im not sure it'd bothered him if TSN wasnt broadcasting the event. and homand and morris sounded pretty non commital

It all worked out in the end thankfully. With Reid and Jo going, we'll be able to see our 100% best duo go against the World. With those two going, I'm actually excited on what they can accomplish in Lethbridge.

quote:Originally posted by Stoner Too bad Homan could not get the job done this time and losing to her teammate, that's gotta sting.

Homan played like God in that game despite it being 3 against 1. What had to sting was listening to John Morris make excuses for his constant screw ups, and his vulgar language. It was cocksucker this, and cocksucker that. (Pardon the language). If I were her I would have shoved my broom down his throat. I can't believe he hasn't run out of people who will play with him yet!

Homan played like God in that game despite it being 3 against 1. What had to sting was listening to John Morris make excuses for his constant screw ups, and his vulgar language. It was cocksucker this, and cocksucker that. (Pardon the language). If I were her I would have shoved my broom down his throat. I can't believe he hasn't run out of people who will play with him yet!

quote:Originally posted by HerCurl I mean Morris contributed nothing to that game, except misses, oversweeps, undersweeps, excuses and vulgarity. It
was her vs. Courtney and Carruthers, and Morris.

I wondered why she was even curling with him. Then I wondered if her, having been coached by Earl, and him, being his son and all, maybe they know each other pretty well - like cousins or something. Am not a big jonnyMo fan either. I think his reputation is one thing - his ability is another. Prob a good enough fellow.

quote:Originally posted by nelski
I wondered why she was even curling with him. Then I wondered if her, having been coached by Earl, and him, being his son and all, maybe they know each other pretty well - like cousins or something. Am not a big jonnyMo fan either. I think his reputation is one thing - his ability is another. Prob a good enough fellow.

Jonny Mo has never won anything unless someone else was throwing the important rocks.
He was a much better curler when he played 3rd for Martin and was smart enough to keep his mouth shut.

Homan and Morris won two of the Mixed Doubles tour events this season and reached the finals of the Nationals. You can say what you want about Morris but Rachel obviously knows how to deal with John and they win a lot together. Since John throws three out of the five rocks he must be doing something right. Should Homan somehow be upset in the ROTR they could easily win the Olympic trials should Canada secure a spot in it.